Category: Forecast

  • Migration continues as stormy weather creates a mosaic of bird density across Middle America

    National Overview A series of surface lows and associated frontal boundaries have brought cyclonic winds and locally heavy precipitation to the Plains, Midwest, and Southeast. As you can see below, this combination of disturbance has created a tapestry of migration and precipitation to most of the country. Below are the radar loops from sunset last […]

  • another big push across the board!

    National Overview Birds were cruising up through the US last night   I’m sitting in a campground with very limited internet amidst a dozen Cerulean Warblers so I can’t do much more than simply provide the radar today and tomorrow… use what you’ve learned and interpret what you see below! Below are the radar loops from […]

  • Round three: the northward march continues

    National Overview The northward push of migrants east of the Rockies continued in earnest last night. More Trans- and Circum-Gulf migrants moved up through Texas, and Caribbean migrants on strong east winds came into the Florida Keys and western peninsula this morning, while some will arrive in the panhandle and points farther west later today. […]

  • The second wave

    National Overview Another night of heavy migration across the U.S. east of the Rockies last night and into this morning! If you’ve been reading over the last few days, you know about this frontal boundary that keeps pushing north and allowing more birds to make their way into the northern reaches of the country. Well, […]

  • And so it begins

    National Overview The title of this post refers mainly to the two focal areas of my regular forecasts, the Upper Midwest and the Mid Atlantic. Both of these areas have been waiting for the big wave to eventually hit, and now I think it’s safe to say that the first one has crashed on our […]

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